Author: modoc31

Sometimes my mouth costs me money but in a good way this time, I swear. It all started back in January while I was out to dinner with an out-of-town friend, one of gamers (Scott) in fact. We were chatting about playing D&D and how he was getting back into it after an almost 30-year…

Previously I posted that Toy Vault was going to be publishing The Princess Bride Roleplaying game. Well, it’s live on Kickstarter now, but wait! As a huge fan of the movie, the Kickstarter is leaving me a little flat and uninspired. First, it’s using the FUDGE system that was created by the designer of this…

A wild and crazy idea came to me on Friday! I would like to create the most comprehensive list possible of movies, shows, and shorts that are inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft’s work, the mythos or just inspirational for Call of Cthulhu games. My hope is the list will be useful to all Call of Cthulhu keepers…

Are you looking for a rules lite, OSR inspired game? If so, check out Oubliettes, Sorcery, & Reavers (OS&R). It was recently Kickstarted and is now available for purchase at DriveThruRPG. I had the privilege of seeing the game firsthand at MACE last November. The game design team was there running multiple sessions all with…

Here is it Monday and I have no Mysterious Monday post for your reading pleasure. Why is that? Well, this is a good news, bad news story. The story itself is relatively short. The good news is I have been contracted to write an article for a new OSR magazine that will debut later this…

Great news for all of you King Arthur Pendragon RPG fans. The newest supplement, The Book of Feasts, was just released! This supplement features a 46 page PDF rulebook with a deck of 154-card feast cards to spice up your feasts. I really liked the original supplement that was released in a moderately refined state…

Each Monday I write and publish five investigation seeds to spark the imaginations of GMs everywhere. While I write them with the intention to be used for Call of Cthulhu, they can be used for any RPG system out there. [Modern] Visitors to a local theme and adventure park are star struck at their experience…

Last week’s Mysterious Monday post was indeed well received so, here are this week’s five investigation seeds for your Call of Cthulhu game. I decided to expand the seeds to give a little more depth and color to each with the hope that they will be that much more useful to Keepers. [Any time period]…

Chaosium is taking advantage of the DriveThruRPG “New Year, New Game” sale by offering a killer 7th edition bundle deal and passing the savings on to us! This a deal not to pass up for those wanting to get into CoC 7e on the cheap or those just picking up the PDFs to go with…

More exciting news from Chaosium for you Call of Cthulhu fans. The recently released (in PDF) Reign of Terror is now available in print. “Reign of Terror is an epic two-part historical scenario, set during the French Revolution, playable as a stand-alone adventure or as a historical interlude for use with Chaosium’s premium campaign Horror…